Where does “aistivamma” come from?
aistivamma (Finnish) comes from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.
aistivamma (Finnish): sensory impairment
Ancestry of “aistivamma”, step by step
aistivamma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aisti | sense; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Finnish | haisti | olfaction; the sense of smell |
| 3 | Finnish | haistaa | to sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | haistadak | to smell |
via Finnish vamma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vamma | handicap; injury |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | *ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wammaz | spot, stain, blemish |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wemh₁- | to spew, to vomit |